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Pitt freshman Jordan Whitehead gets crash course on both sides of ball

Pat Narduzzi’s retelling of the exchange he and Jim Chaney had regarding Jordan Whitehead last week went the way one might expect.

“We made the decision last week when I told Coach Chaney, ‘You got him,’” the first-year Pitt head coach said Monday of delivering the news to his offensive coordinator that Whitehead would be at his disposal. “Of course, Coach Chaney was like, ‘Huh? I do? Really?’ But he’s been begging for him and earlier in the season we just couldn’t afford to do it. (Whitehead) had so much he needed to learn on defense.